UpdateMay 2, 20261 min read
ChatGPT's New Default: Tracking Users for Ads to Boost Revenue
OpenAI has started tracking free ChatGPT users by default to serve targeted ads, a move that could impact over 90% of its user base. This change is part of the company's efforts to monetize its free users and encourage upgrades to paid plans.
OpenAI has turned on marketing cookies by default for free ChatGPT users in countries where ads are running. Tracking is automatically active for free accounts but not for paying subscribers. You can disable it in your account settings. The article ChatGPT now tracks users for ads by default as OpenAI looks for new revenue appeared first on The Decoder.